China’s Chang’e 6 probe begins collecting 1st lunar samples from beyond to take to Earth
by China’s Chang’e-6 moon mission has successfully tackled the distant past and is already busily collecting specimens to send back to Earth. The first batch of …
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India’s Chandrayaan-3 lunar lander barely kicked up any lunar dust. Here’s why that’s important
India’s Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft, which operated a historic landing near the moon’s south pole last August, it barely made any lunar dust during descent thanks to …
‘Moon sniper’ mission reaches surface but appears to have failed, says space agency
Japan is approaching its new Moon lander, but it appears to be experiencing technical problems, the country’s space agency said. The country launched its “slim” …
NASA’s plans to return to the moon have been hit
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NASA’s plans to return to the moon have been hit
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Two US firms to send spacecraft to the moon within weeks of each other
A pair of companies are planning to send unmanned spacecraft to the moon within weeks of each other early next year in a NASA-funded effort …
Two US firms to send spacecraft to the moon within weeks of each other
A pair of companies are planning to send unmanned spacecraft to the moon within weeks of each other early next year in a NASA-funded effort …